A type of fungus which grows on caterpillars can slow down growth of cancer cells, new research has found. Cordycepin, a chemical produced by a parasitic fungus that infects the animals, interacts ...

New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has ...

New research on the caterpillar fungus compound Cordycepin reveals its potential to stop cancer growth by disrupting gene ...

These recognizable caterpillars will freeze solid this winter and then will emerge in the spring as pretty moths. Fuzzy woolly bear caterpillars are the larvae of the Isabella tiger moth, which occurs ...

Jackie Bantle You may have noticed some distinctive webs in your trees during the last couple of fall seasons. I first ...

An expert at Iowa State University’s Insect Zoo says there may actually be some science behind the folklore about how the ...